Words and Video: Kevin Fagan Oxford-based Figaro specialist The Figaro Shop has released a new service offering to build a virtually new Nissan Figaro from scratch. Titled Restored & Remastered the process takes around 3 months and 300+ hours of work to produce the car. Our club car ‘Belle’ was… Read More

A Nissan Figaro owner has accidentally discovered an onboard computer system when driving the retro car in a recent flash of torrential rain. John McCarthy was driving his wife’s Figaro “Kyoto”, with the roof down. Still, he had failed to check the weather forecast. Owners of the limited edition car… Read More

Kevin and Sue report in with a ‘THANK YOU’ message to all our members, supporters, chapter coordinators and forum gang (especially Simon Smith) for all their help and support over the last 15 years. Have a watch, it’s short, heartfelt and fun! HOW THE CLUB STATED Our son Daniel had… Read More

Although the Figaro doesn’t shout about its manufacturing heritage, we thought it might interest owners to learn more about the logo. As you can see from the picture on the right, the logo used on the car is outlined in orange. It is probably the most understated of the lot. Read More

Author (Written and Illustrated) by: Naokata Mase Published (First edition): May 2012 Naokata Mase Publisher: Shunji Asaka/Hikikata Child Co Description This 24-page hardback colour book is a must-have for any Figaro fan. It documents a family with two children and a dog’s journey in a Nissan… Read More

This short video is about the making of the FIGARO STORY. The 98-minute omnibus film was a truly ambitious project, filmed in three different cities – Paris, Tokyo, and New York – for its release. The film was scheduled to be released in seven cities nationwide from the end of… Read More

Enjoy this rather strange video promotional film which we think was supplied by Nissan to all dealers back in 1991 to display within the car showrooms to prospective buyers of the Figaro. The quality is not that good but it’s the only copy we could find. The observant will notice… Read More

Club member Paul Hodgkinson acquired a set of original alloys from eBay which were a little tatty and showing signs of corrosion. Paul sent them off to F&M Powder Coating Specialist where they were acid-dipped and stripped, repaired and powder coated in the original colour. The results… Read More

There’s no getting away from the fact the Figaro is a small car but if you’ve ever wondered just how much luggage the car can take then enjoy this light-hearted video from Veronica Young. Veronica or ‘Vron’ to our members was well-known for her ability to pack what seemed to… Read More

This Lego kit was designed by Peter Blackert and can be built in 10 modules. It is featured on the website Rebrickable and has 436 parts in total. To build it, you will need to order the instructions PDF which at the time of writing was $12 dollars. Once you… Read More

The release of documents under the Public Records Act 1967 has revealed that Nissan applied to Her Majesty the Queen for a Royal Warrant which would have seen the car launched as The Royal Figaro. Certain documents are only released after a period of time, due to their being particularly… Read More

Words and Pictures – The Figaro Shop Now, this one’s a bit special!  At The Figaro Shop, we love to make dreams come true by building bespoke Figaros to your specific brief, so we were really excited when Kim came to us wanting a de-chromed black ‘stealth’ Figaro.  After many… Read More

Words, Pictures and Video Calu Thierry This is a tutorial to allow you to make yourself a mini Figaro at 1/64th radio controlled… You don’t think you can do it, probably and yet it’s easy, follow me…. This is the principle of Kiss model making NB I’m not a model… Read More

The Pao was part of the Pike Factory Cars (as was the Figaro) so we thought it was worth a mention! We were excited to see this initiative from The Figaro Shop Words and Pictures: Toby Brooks We love the Nissan Pao, it’s the older brother of the Figaro. We… Read More

Then we’ll begin with this IKEA/FIGARO chair! Created by member Ian Mckeen who searched online auction sites and managed to pick up a sorry-looking passenger seat for a small sum and a couple of old Ikea bent wooden chairs! Ian stripped all 3 chairs down, re-coloured and polished the Figaro… Read More

YOKOHAMA, JAPAN – Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today revealed early plans for the Figaro, originally designed over thirty years ago to “bring out an atmosphere of light-hearted elegance, the entire car painted in a solid two-tone colour scheme.” The plans were discovered by Naomi Watanabe in an unpublished version of… Read More

Test your knowledge of both the Figaro and the club with our fun Figaro Crossword! Published in the 30th Birthday Party Show Guide back in June 2021. Featuring 30 questions with the answers are printed below, no cheating! TO READ SHOWGUIDE OF THE WEEKEND (INCLUDES CLUES IN THE QUESTIONS)… Read More

Did you know that when the car was launched back in 1991, Nissan worked with Sony Music to create five ‘mood music’ CD’s? It is thought that these might have been available to buy in some dealers or given away as promotional merchandise to promote the car. Each CD included… Read More

Watch club founder Kevin Fagan unpack and reveal what’s on this mystery Green Nissan Figaro VHS play tape which was sent by dealer Adam Lees of Figaro Imports. Enjoy the video but there is a WARNING! The tune will get into your brain and you will be humming it for… Read More

These Kaki-no-tane (“Kaki” means “Persimmon”, “no” means “of” and “tane” means “seed”) celebrate Nissan famous cars. The plastic can contains rice crackers shaped like a fruit persimmon seed and often sold with peanuts. Originally, the “Nissan Kaki-no-tane” project was created to help Nissan revitalize the region, because the mountains… Read More

Manufactured by club member Steve Bettesworth this can be used as a desk organiser or for display only. Laser-cut from birch plywood 3mm thick cut in the shape of a lovely Figaro car. With exceptional detail on all sides of the car, including the unique grille shape and features. Comes… Read More

This 98-minute omnibus film was screened in 1991 and captures the Nissan Figaro in Paris, Tokyo and New York. The film follows three love stories, ‘LIBRARY LOVE’ in Paris, ‘MAN FROM THE MOON’ in Tokyo and ‘KEEP IT TO YOURSELF’ in New York. Directors: Alejandro Agresti, Kaizô Hayashi & Claire… Read More

Back in 1991 when the Figaro was launched Nissan created a range of push bikes to help promote their Pike Factory cars. The bicycles were built under license by the Tsunoda Corporation. If you look closely you can see the Figaro bike below carries the DNA of the car with… Read More

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Nissan have launched a DRAW DRAW DRAW initiative.  23 newly created, downloadable colouring pages featuring beloved Nissan classic cars, current models, futuristic concepts and even some “cult classic” models, such as the Nissan Figaro and ChoiMobi. Nissan designers from around the world created the pages… Read More

Words & Pictures Kevin Fagan A couple of weeks ago I received an email from the BBC asking if we could supply a Figaro for the new series of Strictly Come Dancing? As Sue is such a big fan it didn’t take long to say yes! “I want… Read More

You will recognise the Fleur De Lys (which means Flower & Lily) design from the badge of your bonnet. If you look closely at the top of the badge you will notice the Lily has three distinct petals. But did you realise that these three petals are used throughout the… Read More

Enjoy this great tune and Video Published on Feb 4, 2015 Buy Album – Click here   Watch more of our YouTube Ownership Help Guides Subscribe to our Figaro YouTube Channel« Prev1 / 8Next »Two Little Black Dots And Why They Are Important!Nissan Figaro… Read More

This CGI (Computer Generated Image) has been designed to enable game & film makers to include the car! You can actually download the data file and create your very own CGI Video! Click here… Read More

We would love to see this ‘Photoshop’d’ car build!  … Read More

This amazing Figaro appeared at the ‘Mooneyes Street Car Nationals event in May 2016, held at Odaiba, Tokyo, Japan. Read more  … Read More